“ we lost our names, our languages, the freedom to honor our ancestors...” so sad.
@aviohebshalom33925 жыл бұрын
Thank you Public Enemy 😁😁😁
@MarkusAudio5 жыл бұрын
And many of us, by the way we act, even lost our minds.
@darkprince3955 жыл бұрын
Bra, yall hebrew, descendants of the Israelites, Indians, children of God.. yall stayed in the woods and the plains... reason why we have hell on earth waste desolate places cause we forgot the covenant... yall dont want the truth yall jus cappin.
@rahzikashiharris95395 жыл бұрын
@@kaniza1465 prove that?
@hilinakiflewolde16425 жыл бұрын
@@rahzikashiharris9539 come and visit the cities
@ur_fav77946 жыл бұрын
"My grandfather on my moms side always told me that we were Nigerian and part Irish too...but he also was like a pathological liar" 😂😂😂😂😂
@poojahazra70006 жыл бұрын
Noone else is allowed to like this comment. This is at 666.
@ceedubelu6 жыл бұрын
@@poojahazra7000 Not today, Satan!
@ur_fav77946 жыл бұрын
pooja hazra lolll
@ur_fav77946 жыл бұрын
Cedric Winters 😂
@dlcapone6 жыл бұрын
I’m a Nigerian born in Ireland
@ZenImmortalScribeofAfrica5 жыл бұрын
As an African born and raised in Africa, i want my brothers and sisters whose ancestors were taken to know we love you, we would love to have you and we love what you have built despite what they did to you. They stole you, you defied them and you are stronger for it! Mad love from the mother land!
@goodwonderful31895 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️
@mahoganyb.93095 жыл бұрын
❤️💛💚🧡💜
@cwhittx20195 жыл бұрын
They ain’t coming back they love the clean water too much
@PrincessFaus5 жыл бұрын
@@cwhittx2019 dude ....
@ZenImmortalScribeofAfrica5 жыл бұрын
@@Bundy6Hunna yeah...so? the fact that black people moved en-mass to the "west" through slavery remains constant. the fact that most of us love our brothers and sisters still remains constant. The fact that they showed great strength in building a new culture is a constant.
@MyLostLove214 жыл бұрын
I did a DNA test and found out I was 50% Nigerian if there's anyone out there willing to help me learn more about the culture and people hmu
@deborahnwadibie12494 жыл бұрын
CocoabutterBabe I’m a Nigerian! Leave me a message with your email I can’t wait to speak with you and show you the beauty of our country.
@Ramblingeesha4 жыл бұрын
I just got mine back and I’m 48% Nigerian. I want to find out more as well.
@chevon19204 жыл бұрын
There’s something called google that might be helpful, no shade, 🙂
@Chigo-nr8jg4 жыл бұрын
MaxineQ what do you want to know? Did they tell you exactly the ethnic group or just Nigeria?
@Ramblingeesha4 жыл бұрын
Chigo COJ Just says Nigeria. I was able to find a 100% Nigerian distant cousin. She lives in Port Harcourt. I also found out my uncle took the paternal lineage test and it came back Igbo.
@IshanAli6 жыл бұрын
“This is important to take cause I’m a handsome man” *i wish I had confidence like that*
@AxxLAfriku6 жыл бұрын
Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two DANGEROUSLY beautiful girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest KZbinr ever, having two hot girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear idshan ali
@hunter31716 жыл бұрын
Ishan Ali hey you think you’re cool cuz you vape
@ChristinaMoralesMindfuqed6 жыл бұрын
Ishan Ali IM LOVE IT LMAO
@hayat9276 жыл бұрын
Why do I see you EVERYWHERE
@newkid98076 жыл бұрын
Ishan Ali you shouldn’t you would fail
@LindaMitchell6 жыл бұрын
"That makes us the original victims of identity theft. We lost our names. We lost our languages. We lost the freedom to honor our ancestors and our families were torn apart." That's a powerful statement because it's true.
@DavidJohnson-dp4vv6 жыл бұрын
We are all one tribe.
@sierrakamau15106 жыл бұрын
So so sad.... indeed extremely SAD and totally unbelievable that a human being can treat another human being like this😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@vikapitamurangi6 жыл бұрын
David Johnson nah bro.I’m born African,10000000% Namibian,and I can tell you that there’s way to many tribes outhea in Africa.
@melb296 жыл бұрын
When she said that I went "damn son. That's deep." 😂😂😂
@qcsmith20026 жыл бұрын
I’ve been saying this for years. That’s why I said if I ever have children he or she would have a Swahili name with meaning and purpose
@smeralda97075 жыл бұрын
''So I send that long text to my uncle and his response? *Wakanda* ''
@anijahnized29035 жыл бұрын
émeraude I cried 😭😭😭
@ecwest9235 жыл бұрын
Bwahaha 😂😂😂
@nurlindafsihotang495 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@angelstar28015 жыл бұрын
Lol but still sad😭
@mousamousa47064 жыл бұрын
Forever
@ikeman97844 жыл бұрын
I love how African American women talk. They always sound like they're singing when they talk. Such melodic voices love it!
@trollzynisaacjohan17934 жыл бұрын
No she is just highly educated.
@Kirsten5674 жыл бұрын
🤣
@danielpeart85154 жыл бұрын
What🤨
@MindlessVIRUS1434 жыл бұрын
Trollzyn/Trazyn (Isaac) hater
@chinneynz78614 жыл бұрын
What ?
@timothysichone41095 жыл бұрын
Shoutout to all the African Americans who genuinely want to know where they come from and want to get in touch with their culture
@faheemsheikh84324 жыл бұрын
Which tribe you from
@FlowerTower4 жыл бұрын
Shout out to all the 12 Africans who don't view themselves as the gate keepers of who's African or not. Unfortunately most of you all are hateful and believe that after selling us into slavery, you can tell us that we not African. The ashy audacity...
@yolandacomito4 жыл бұрын
I mean they have culture but it’s very separate from african culture since their African culture was destroyed
@FlowerTower4 жыл бұрын
Tania M. And they stay talking bout somebody don’t got culture then wonder why nobody like them or want to be around them 😹
@sfundomatu3614 жыл бұрын
Y'all can't disrespect us, call us names and then demand respect. I genuinely love Black American culture but we will not tolerate your disrespect. Africa owes you nothing. Period. And it's the fact that you have the audacity to refer to "Africans" as if Africa is a country. It's a continent. Respect it.
@jessicablack64736 жыл бұрын
The truth is that the fact that we are alive, descendants of slaves, means that our ancestors were fighters and extremely resilient. We have to honour them with our lives. Peace to us all it is our time now to rise.
@chasingspiritualfreedom5 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!!
@MindSetReset5 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@datsuncrown66145 жыл бұрын
Can u dig it!!!
@redeemedharshsw2095 жыл бұрын
AL OEOPLE FFOM AFRICAN CONTINENT ARR DIFFERENT. AND ALMOST HALF OF THEM HAVE CURLY HAIR AND AND A HIST OF DIFFERENT SKIN COMPLEXION. OF THE AFTICAN WOMEN
@jeffwilliams28285 жыл бұрын
Prophet You are wholly incorrect. Most African tribes were still using manual weapons in the 1800s. In fact European colonization was thwarted back in many armed conflicts, the Zulus being the most famous. Slave selling Africans were a very small number of people. But that’s how capitalism works.
@eileen666 жыл бұрын
“I’m from Kansas City Missouri, at least that’s where my colonizers brought me” 💀😂😂
@kassypele46626 жыл бұрын
LOL!!! It must be nice right? 😂😂😂😂😂Atleast I can say I have the best of both world. Nigerian and American 😂😂😂😂
@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK6 жыл бұрын
💯
@makiyahwiggins89926 жыл бұрын
I'm from st.l Missouri
@jackiemontrose12796 жыл бұрын
Kassy Pele thanks for throwing it in people’s faces
@steveaustin22955 жыл бұрын
Leena garbage comment.
@MJ-ye7dd2 жыл бұрын
To Every African/Black American reading this,,I want to let you know that we see you, feel you, love and cherish you. Much love from Kenya, Africa.
@d3stello1572 жыл бұрын
🖤❤️💚 Love🇺🇸
@SweetEssie2 жыл бұрын
You're from Kenya. Do you ever do your African ancestry as well so you can know more than Kenya, or is it already known or not important?
@strasbourgeois12 жыл бұрын
How sweet.
@onemillionpercent Жыл бұрын
lovely
@Timeisntgood Жыл бұрын
@@SweetEssiemost of you from serra lion and Senegal Nigeria
@faithdawsonhere6 жыл бұрын
my guy said “you want your kids to look like me” IM CRYING THE CONFIDENCE 😭
@catluvrrr6 жыл бұрын
Subbed to you bc u didn't say I'm "frist"
@NotTodaySatan5576 жыл бұрын
he is so right thooooo
@alannahartman93966 жыл бұрын
Lol I mean he isnt wrong tho...
@kaceyk25176 жыл бұрын
That guys ego a lil too high lmfaooooo
@yvesfromloona16476 жыл бұрын
Kacey Keneally I’m pretty sure he was joking...
@troxloop85916 жыл бұрын
Dear American Africans. I am from East Africa my people were not enslaved and had limited interactions with Europe and resisted colonization. I always felt hurt that a whole bunch of my African people were robbed and enslaved. Just know i love y'all and Africa will always will love you. Find who you are and Never forget to take pride in our Motherland Africa is the motherland. We had vast empires in every region. Your history never started with slavery just know!
@hellenakinyi47506 жыл бұрын
You said it I'm East African too!
@TwistedOnyx3696 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this comment. We here on the N. American continent need to hear this more often than we do. I appreciate you!
@hopenjai86196 жыл бұрын
Am from Kenya i know what you mean
@SgtPlmFry6 жыл бұрын
Olsh Loop, I hope your comment gets thousands of likes. As a Black American, I often see a bitterness between us and Black Africans and vice versa. For instance how most Black Americans are unable to know their roots is frowned upon by Black Africans who know their lineage. I mean, we would know it and honor it if it wasn't stolen from us. Thanks so much for writing this unifying message. 💚
@wacukakamau8056 жыл бұрын
@@SgtPlmFry great message too! You are welcome to my country Kenya. Much love😍😍
@mian72936 жыл бұрын
Just hearing how passionate this woman is about discovering their past and culture is so heart warming. All she wants is for people to know where they came from and their rich history and culture. It would be amazing if they made something like this for Native American people too!!
@BlazingCorpse4206 жыл бұрын
There is!!! I'm always looking into all my native peoples history, both African and in the Americas! I searched up something about indigenous American DNA testing and they are trying to build up a base from existing indigenous tribes today. They still need help collecting the basis of their study but please look into it! 23andme and other testing that give you broad spectrums are not good for indigenous peoples to use bc they will keep you DNA. But I hope you can find out more about your ancestors and yourself. Also praying to your ancestors for guidance and help never hurt anyone! They are always with us in spirit and always listening!
@missjanedo6 жыл бұрын
She's an absolute sweetheart
@Xilotl6 жыл бұрын
I wish for that too!
@alyssaburke34426 жыл бұрын
i was just thinking about that too!
@MrRendezvous996 жыл бұрын
There is but it's very little, Amerindian people have very similar genetics unlike the people groups in Africa
@NarsFromMars2 жыл бұрын
Iran here. There are people with dark complexions in southern Iran. Many people still think they're dark because of the "climate" down there (very hot and humid regions next to the Persian Gulf), but they're actually 'Afro-Iranians', which absolutely amazed me the 1st time I heard about it.
@quofi_sugar29175 жыл бұрын
Kwesi is a name given to a male child born on a Sunday here in Ghana.
@teyemensah73225 жыл бұрын
Don't mind them
@foxywaxy5 жыл бұрын
@@teyemensah7322 hahaha lol chale I just can't stop laughing
@chuweevaliant59305 жыл бұрын
Names cannot always tell where you're from
@annaloisgyebi34755 жыл бұрын
Lol seeing him though I thought he was Ghanaian 😂😂 but
@marcelacorrea36395 жыл бұрын
what about girls born on sunday?
@jaypatton2176 жыл бұрын
Young woman: So unc, where we from as far as outside of the U.S.?? Uncle: Wakanda 😂😂😂😂😂
@yvesfromloona16476 жыл бұрын
Jay Patton her name is Key. It says in the beginning
@fandomcake51586 жыл бұрын
Dude, I don't blame her Uncle. Wakanda would be a dope country IRL.
@dj40476 жыл бұрын
Ikr. I wanna be from Wakanda.
@fursoniia57516 жыл бұрын
Jay Patton aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
@nicolelawrence77226 жыл бұрын
My answer to that question from now on. 😂✊🏾
@Itsclaireasday5 жыл бұрын
LOL Kwesi LOOKS like a Ghanaian!!! He didn't need a dna test to tell him that!!!
@mysticalmysticus71425 жыл бұрын
I wonder why someone called called Kwesi would be wondering what his origins are don't Americans sturdy anymore?it's like your name is Vladimir you're white and you wonder if you have Russian roots,or your name is Miguel and you wonder if you got South American roots.
@VMitch-ng7tg5 жыл бұрын
@@mysticalmysticus7142 This is an ignorant comment. Descendants of slaves in the Americas almost all have European names. Don't you study?
@mysticalmysticus71425 жыл бұрын
@@VMitch-ng7tg You're a complete moron!I said why didn't the President revert back to his original African name instead of continuing with colonial names especially surname like late President Mobutu did.
@ciscabortey55944 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree less
@FindirelaYeza4 жыл бұрын
I’m from Angola but I know that KWESI IS A GHANAIAN NAME LOL
@JordanMwesiga4 жыл бұрын
As an African, I am just so happy to see y'all this excited to know your ancestry. 😁❤️
@jaxthewolf45723 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 🙂
@Mmesomachii3 жыл бұрын
Same
@Mmesomachii3 жыл бұрын
@@jaxthewolf4572 Are u going to find urs?
@jaxthewolf45723 жыл бұрын
@@Mmesomachii Some day, particularly when I can get tested. I just know so far that I have a small part of indigenous blood. But I am really curious about which part of africa my ancestors came from and what clan.
@johnwebb2442 Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@deltempleton40726 жыл бұрын
This was so cool. Would love to see a follow up video once they all read more about their heritage
@joannasaad2986 жыл бұрын
Del Templeton did you see when the ladylike girls went to Kenya?
@deltempleton40726 жыл бұрын
J Saadati yes i loved it
@MKizzle796 жыл бұрын
Del Templeton i want a follow up too with their families etc
@jayfill87626 жыл бұрын
Del Templeton this need to happen 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😂😂😂
@Victoria_Marie6 жыл бұрын
@Allison Hunter that would be great!! Hopefully they do!
@lenditasallahi71995 жыл бұрын
African Americans should have this paid for by the US government. They deserve knowledge of their identity
@mplsridah5 жыл бұрын
Nah, they wuz kangz n shieet
@elijahbeach38345 жыл бұрын
Lendita Sallahi they deserve knowledge of there country that they live in besides what black people did
@SpirituallySpoken7225 жыл бұрын
Beautiful thought, but here, the United Corporation of America doesn't feel they should pay our 40 acres and a mule that they promised, let alone reparations. So they can care less about where we came from as long as WE act like them.
@PRHousequake5 жыл бұрын
Reparations now! We built America for free. It’s time for the USA to cut the check!
@vialsvials72465 жыл бұрын
Truth
@pickledtoejams52506 жыл бұрын
Tears are coming to my eyes reading the comments from those that are still living in Africa or just came here to America recently. To say the words that "We in Africa love you - Africa will always love you" breaks my heart. Because they understand that we were kidnapped. We were stolen and abused against our will. It is the same feeling anyone would have if they found out one of their family members has gone missing - no where to be found. To understand that we were made to forget our heritage, culture and language. Thank you for the words and feelings. This video is appreciated.
@hayaglamazonluxe6 жыл бұрын
Girl we love you all deeply.
@seismicvertigo3456 жыл бұрын
@@Hypnopotimus27 Notice the buying wasn't happening until your beloved brothers visited us. What does that tell you?
@seismicvertigo3456 жыл бұрын
@MANIDEEP REDDY The people called gypsies in Europe are said to be from India. Are they also having a good life because they are in Europe and not poor in India?
@seismicvertigo3456 жыл бұрын
@MANIDEEP REDDY That's bad logic. You have to factor in the reasons they ended up in that foreign country. Proximity to gold doesn't equate to access to it under all conditions. Also, brainwashing of one's worth is a hell of a detriment.
@seismicvertigo3456 жыл бұрын
@MANIDEEP REDDY In short, the point she's trying to make is there is something to be said of having an independent home to belong to unconditionally, one I believe the Romanis in Europe can also benefit from if they reconnect
@lydiab60724 жыл бұрын
This made me cry! I love our people and we deserve to know our roots PRIOR to the south!
@SaraH-ct7fe6 жыл бұрын
"I'm ready to find out... where my ancestors WERE STOLEN FROM" SKSKSKSK WHERE'S THE LIE???
@punchisclap6 жыл бұрын
They were sold
@ElCap1van6 жыл бұрын
@@SpitfireMLG some where others were captured
@ElCap1van6 жыл бұрын
@@SpitfireMLG during the european colonization many tribes that fought back were captured and sold as slaves and theyd do that to make a profit but yes indeed the Europeans did buy them from other africans or traded them in exchange for weapons and other goods
@peeperscreepers62636 жыл бұрын
NPC #1837489 North African colonization by Greeks and Macedonians? Portuguese coastal cities in the 14-1500s? Tangier?
@helenezang78456 жыл бұрын
@@SpitfireMLG why the hell do you think the will be buying people like a commodity. If they thought they could buy them,the sure as hell will go out of their way to hunt the down like animals. Also for those of you arguing that they were sold by their own type they were forced. Chiefs were publicly beaten to set an example for all those who wanted to resist. Do you think any one will willingly give his brother or sister or even son away? Get informed for Christ sake
@felixoffei71795 жыл бұрын
Kwesi James, your name Kwesi is actually Ghanaian. It is given to boys born on a Sunday largely by the Akan tribe.
@TheMo2ba15 жыл бұрын
Right. I don't know why he will come from guinea bissau. That makes me question the results. Everyone from guinea 🇬🇼??
@davidb52055 жыл бұрын
There are black Americans named Ashanti, Imani, etc. During the black power movement in the 1970's, many gave their children Afrocentric names. You can give your child any first name you want. It doesn't necessarily indicate heritage.
@itsnita90485 жыл бұрын
yeah Kwesi is a Ghanaian name
@WSPC71155 жыл бұрын
It's a name very popular for boys in Trinidad and Tobago
@kathykishanto81995 жыл бұрын
Felix Offei kwesi is Kenyan too though
@charlenekabongo92116 жыл бұрын
"I'm from Kansas city Missouri... at least that's where the colonizers brought me." 😂😂
@heatherdeitchman14096 жыл бұрын
I love that these men and women now have a way to connect to an ancestral Homeland and can explore that further.
@jordanmcgee12936 жыл бұрын
Where was this part???
@charlenekabongo92116 жыл бұрын
@@jordanmcgee1293 around 0:23 to 0:25
@charlenekabongo92116 жыл бұрын
@@jayal5771 sadly that is the reality
@lela39266 жыл бұрын
He was never a slave, colonizers never took him anywhere. He was born free, has a great job at Buzzfeed, gets enough food to eat, and has the luxury of having these tests performed. The victim mentality of some people boggles my mind.
@user-bj3nc4xi7i4 жыл бұрын
it's so sad and horrible that a lot of black people can't know about their tribe/clan/cultural/ethnical background. :( i'm indonesian and i absolutely cannot imagine my life without knowing my clan, my tribe, my ethnical background from my mother's side and my father's side, and their culture. it's part of who i am and it's so sad to see a lot of black people not having the privilege to know theirs.... being stripped away from your heritage is so so so saddening!!! my country was colonized too and we had a large portion of our culture cut off by the colonizers as well and it's horrible. to all my black brothers and sisters i pray that you guys can find out about your ancestors, tribes, clans, and cultures. 💖
@africanforward44114 жыл бұрын
Hello please when will you come to ghana
@YouGotOptions24 жыл бұрын
My clan, my tribe, my ethical background is African American. We are our own Tribe bro.
@cherishtheday22234 жыл бұрын
Thanks! A lot of African-Americans are not aware of how being disconnected from our lineage hurts us, as a culture. All we know is this culture which has been surrounded around pain, destruction, and survival. Of course it has elements of beauty, but the negative tends to outweigh the positive, I find.
@jaren21594 жыл бұрын
@@YouGotOptions2 right I'm a Black American don't want to be anything else
@jaren21594 жыл бұрын
@@cherishtheday2223 African know we're they come from and it's disfunction in Africa so all this African culture thinking it's going to help us BS
@sandernista64995 жыл бұрын
"I'm in the business of being black" Damn, how can I join that business 😂
@citygirl2125 жыл бұрын
Sandernista well being black is a frequency so ....;)
@thebridge54835 жыл бұрын
Drakesden 😂
@pertpesc70585 жыл бұрын
Try to be in the business of being white . Next day your Facebook, KZbin, Twitter and many other acounts whould have been closed. And you will be named a racist and nazi.
@JacobKenyanLove5 жыл бұрын
Sell fake tribe analysis.
@alexandriamartinez57155 жыл бұрын
It’s a family business. You have to be born into it
@MartinCooperFilms6 жыл бұрын
The Wakanda text had me dying.
@simpleenads86846 жыл бұрын
😂
@cutiegurl.k71546 жыл бұрын
Rt I was really rolling 💀💀
@consolationcredo69555 жыл бұрын
Martin Cooper sammee😂
@okaygworl5 жыл бұрын
Like is her uncle my dad because that’s something my dad would say 😂
@nermabajramovic85225 жыл бұрын
Wakaliwood!
@yivmaiden6 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate buzzfeed exploring this topic.
@yaruqadishi83265 жыл бұрын
Indeed black people in the USA need this alot.
@alexandriarobinson85215 жыл бұрын
Im Canadian I have no say but I'm black to soooo
@brixandblooms2 жыл бұрын
Nigeria- Yoruba tribe Nigeria- Esan tribe Sierra Leone- Mende tribe Kenya- Luhya tribe The test I took showed my lienage travel and timeline of their travel. We journeyed from Kenya to Sudan, through Republic of Congo to Sierre Leone and finally to Nigeria.
@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 Жыл бұрын
that is how you interpreted that information? You do know you descend from various different people
@JemimaNta Жыл бұрын
@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502it can be shown in the results
@inmythoughts7186 ай бұрын
wondering how accurate this is..
@MsDetta5 жыл бұрын
Ghana🇬🇭 Kwesi/Kwasi - males born on Sunday Kojo/Kwadjo -males born on Monday Kwabena -Tuesday Kwaku/Kweku -Wednesday Yaw - Thursday Kofi/Fiifi - Friday Kwame -Saturday Esi/ Akosua - females born on Sunday Adjoa - females born on Monday Abena - Tuesday Akua/ Ekua - Wednesday Yaa - Thursday Afia/Efia - Friday Ama - Saturday Those are Akan names,there are other languages but the Akan ones are most popular and common
@livelife72324 жыл бұрын
you've to edit the Esi/Akosua cuz you've mistakenly write monday instead of sunday
@MsDetta4 жыл бұрын
@@livelife7232 thanks for the correction
@jaded85784 жыл бұрын
i know a girl irl called akosua she's so nice and funny
@katherinetutschek47574 жыл бұрын
Wow cool👍
@unfazedjae26454 жыл бұрын
Lots of Akan dudes are born on Saturday lol
@hazelr47945 жыл бұрын
"At least that's where the colonizers brought me"😭😭😭😭💀💀💀
@aquarianlove17875 жыл бұрын
I was dying 😂😂😂
@cvpete5 жыл бұрын
Ryan!!!
@Mjlovechild155 жыл бұрын
@z man shut yo ugleh ass up
@indiaxlovee5 жыл бұрын
z man bc white people colonized our home land too
@Mjlovechild155 жыл бұрын
@z man I love to watch cringe similar to you. Bless up
@atemdeng67865 жыл бұрын
I just feel fired up when I see African-American proudly talking of Africa.. Just reminds me of Marcus Garvey, 'A people without a knowledge of their past history,origin and culture is like a tree without roots. ' Keep up the good work. You're making us feel confident like anyone else with all these. Deng all the way from South Sudan.🇸🇸🇸🇸
@sdarling65185 жыл бұрын
Even though Black people in the Americas with our mixed ancestries may not have social ties to other continents, we have ethnic groups and cultures of our own. I may not know exactly where all of my ancestors came from (which is standard for anyone with a family that has migrated or immigrated) but I know where I came from. I feel incredibly proud to be from the Americas, to be from the US specifically and to be a part of a rich legacy. Black Americans have such a huge global influence for such a small ethnic group. The whole world sings our music, dances our dances and looks up to our athletes.
@orphfinthewizard17745 жыл бұрын
Correct, African American! Not Blacks, because we know!
@pcarebear15 жыл бұрын
I think this test and the explanation she gave is just a beautiful experience. Everyone should know where they come from, especially African-Americans (from the U.S.) and Hispanics. We see our past with such a hazy blur full of negativity (age of "discovery", colonization, imperialism...).To actually see where our ancestors came from and who they really were would help people figure out who they are as an individual.
@biitchimballin935 жыл бұрын
Marcus Garvey wasn't a supporter of Pan-Africanism and like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King he knew blacks as we are called are not from Africa but Aborigines/Natives stripped majorly of our values , history and land. He did support a free state/economy like Liberia
@MariaNI-yf1bz5 жыл бұрын
No they dont. They are most of the time focused on Egypt=North Africa. They feel ashamed of their real west African ancestry
@xyxy82294 жыл бұрын
Dear African Americans we love you guys ❤ and I can teach you guys some basic Swahili words and you are most welcome to Kenya :)
@penne41073 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’d love to come one day!
@Sashaa783 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I love y'all! I can't wait to find out for me and my kids
@jaxthewolf45723 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That would be most kind of you
@BlackAmerican2 Жыл бұрын
Thank you ❤️
@Litcott6 жыл бұрын
White people really take it for granted that we know our ancestry and/or can easily research it. I know where my ancestors lived, what languages they spoke, what religions they followed, etc. I have the privilege of speaking English when I AM English. I know a lot of white Americans scoff at the notion that knowing where you come from is important, considering themselves culturally American and nothing more, but the history of your people influences you today in ways you aren't even aware of. People often try to downplay the transatlantic slave trade by falsely comparing it to slavery that's occurred in the Middle East and ancient Rome, as if it's something every culture has dabbled in at one time or another, but most slavery systems didn't involve forced assimilation via bans on languages, religions, cultural practices, family groups, etc. Slaves in ancient Rome could continue speaking their native languages and worshiping their own gods, and their children weren't automatically slaves. The transatlantic slave trade was built upon intentional cultural genocide. Humans are easier to subdue when you strip them of their identities. It's one of the most tragic things that can happen to a people and it's shameful that the US never made reparations. We can never give back what we stole from the descendants of slaves but as a society we won't even admit the gravity of what we stole.
@Keenasxc6 жыл бұрын
I wish I could like this a million times
@zacharyss16 жыл бұрын
Laith slaves in the Roman Empire COULD NOT appreciate their own cultures and speak their own languages. Try again.
@jbstarkiller46266 жыл бұрын
Laith the Arab slave trade was infinitely more brutal than the trans Atlantic slave trade and your wrong about forced assimilation. All cultures practiced slavery at one point, there was slavery going on in Africa thousands of years before the Europeans showed up. Try again
@spaghettiyeti70976 жыл бұрын
I’m white, and adopted. So keep in mind thus doesn’t apple to all white people.
@sounds_41776 жыл бұрын
This was said so beautifully thank you
@jamierocke6 жыл бұрын
“I’m in the business of being black”. 🙌🏾
@optimistic57786 жыл бұрын
Go be Black in Africa.
@msgates25966 жыл бұрын
@@optimistic5778 hush
@niyah4056 жыл бұрын
Jacques why not in other Countries or Places? 🤦🏾♀️
@dvlo8346 жыл бұрын
Ok no one cares
@optimistic57786 жыл бұрын
@@niyah405 Diversity is the most destructive thing for white nations, there are no benefits when you become a minority. introduction of multiple stakeholders with naturally occuring differing interests which inevitably leads to a fight for power in all spheres and ultimately political. The diversity/multicultural trap. It is a weapon selectively being unilaterally imposed upon European's and European American nations. It is the most powerful weapon, destroying your nation - slowly control is lost.
@MaliOrMalz4 жыл бұрын
That long text that got replied with “Wakanda” killed me 😂😂
@oh_kay29544 жыл бұрын
MSO that’s how you know we got our own little culture, cause black ppl don’t take nothing serious 😭😭 if there’s a chance to make a joke we gon make it. Ctfu 😭😭
@IntuitivelyDriven4 жыл бұрын
That would've been my dad smh 🤦🏾♀️🙄 lol
@yusufbangura6123 жыл бұрын
Ohh it very sad, you know that you have eliminate the Africa name and now taking the American name that why you don't know you tribe.
@fredschwentafsky26413 жыл бұрын
The mzungu tribe.....
@Toywins2 жыл бұрын
I was laughing so hard!! 😂😂😂💯
@franceallemagne34914 жыл бұрын
I love Black people all over the world. Stay strong ❤ love from Algeria
@chinchin-dn6kw5 жыл бұрын
"I'm ready to find out where my ancestors were stolen from"😭😭💀💀
@wigsontop5 жыл бұрын
*Purchased from
@crusaderofthelowlands37505 жыл бұрын
@@wigsontop Right? The ignorance is pissing me off. It's almost like they think that all African tribes were living peacefully together and then one day a white guy with a net appeared and dragged them off to the colonies. Slavery was present before they'd ever even see a white person and the only thing that changed is that they were shipped overseas.
@zman93155 жыл бұрын
@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 they were still stolen... What is your point?
@crusaderofthelowlands37505 жыл бұрын
@@zman9315 They were bought. So my point is that you're wrong.
@JuniorJuni0705 жыл бұрын
lol
@josephinedevore81246 жыл бұрын
That was so funny that she sent such a long text and her uncle just said Wakanda.
@GoodwillCunting6 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@imsothemanXD6 жыл бұрын
Really? Seems just like a black uncle tbh
@ovrissa56196 жыл бұрын
Ryan Talmadge 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
@dreaminginthewoods74955 жыл бұрын
Ryan Talmadge man!!! super petty 😂😂😂 her uncle look at the phone and said wtf, how tf I’m posed to know?!?
@daisyyenou43246 жыл бұрын
I’m from Angola and I just want to say we love you our African Americans brothers and sisters! Africans will always love you! You have a very strong heritage and you can be proud of that! Please never forget that your History doesn’t begin with slavery, you are the descendants of great africans empires and kingdoms. Also I know the language is a barrier, but please try to get interested in other countries like Senegal, Congo, Ivory Coast etc ... there are so many countries in Africa, not only Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa. Be blessed. com muito amor de Angola 😊😊❤️
@Erika-be9hq6 жыл бұрын
Mlle Vsga this is so beautiful. Thank you for saying this. Here in America, we aren’t taught that people in African countries love us; And I hate that. Again, thank you for this message my sister or brother. 😊🥰
@Naturellona6 жыл бұрын
Thank you😘
@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK6 жыл бұрын
❤
@jeswazwadi70496 жыл бұрын
@mlle Vsga awwww that is sooo sweet & you are right they usually think Nigeria because nigeria's population is 190 million so they are very famous amongst all africans but there are many more, I am Congolese and before colonization I believe Congo and Angola was one except belgium colonized and enslaved my people on our land and portugal took angola ,I believe most Angolan slaves were taken to Brazil I am not sure about were Congolese slaves were taken but we angola and congo was one kingdom we are one ! I love black americans too with love from Congo
@veinsofJourney6 жыл бұрын
Majority of Africans in Brazil are from Angola...fyi
@hightidemidafternoon3 жыл бұрын
That's some beautiful work this lady is doing. I cried a couple of tears. So happy for all of those who get to reclaim their ancestry 🥺
@rahmahassan34954 жыл бұрын
Am proud to be an African and I love it.... love from Eastern Africa was born in Kenya but originated from somalia🇸🇴🇰🇪
@musanoor48413 жыл бұрын
😍 much love sis
@trollinape26973 жыл бұрын
Im a soninke from the gambia, born in Spain. Man I've seen no soninke online especially from the Gambia (where theres only about 100k people)
@trollinape26973 жыл бұрын
@Un Nefer Heru tf is Kamit
@randomdude14073 жыл бұрын
@@trollinape2697 Mandinka brother here👏🏿
@trollinape26973 жыл бұрын
@@randomdude1407 salaam
@thepearlswirl6 жыл бұрын
I’m Nigerian so seeing this is so interesting. I want all African Americans to do this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 This is more important than people may think
@A-ID-A-M6 жыл бұрын
Its also more expensive than people may think. its 300+$. Honestly is it worth it? Ancestry and 23&Me are between 50-100 or 200 if u want health info as well. While they dont show specific tribes, they still give countries.
@pseudonym28396 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I want my Father to do this, because he is Afro-Caribbean. My mother is Zimbabwean, so I know one half.
@eb.37646 жыл бұрын
I feel like we should distinguish between Black Americans and African Americans
@pseudonym28396 жыл бұрын
Delt Bollim What do you mean?
@niafreeman11066 жыл бұрын
African Americans shouldn't have to pay to know
@ladyjm81345 жыл бұрын
I love how she says "enslaved Africans" to maintain our ancestors humanity. We were never and will never be "slaves". A population of our African people were enslaved. Our ancestors are still people, still human
@mxrzilna10604 жыл бұрын
Girl: were r we from? Uncle: Wakanda Bruh i just cant lol (R.I.P. Black panther/ Chadwick Boseman 1976-2020)
@faristurjman21344 жыл бұрын
Pog
@onlyonemitch50495 жыл бұрын
Dear African Americans: Although you might be shot by cops, ostracized , discriminated and hated in America. I want you to know that you we love you,your cries are NOT ignored and your voice is heard in Africa. We Africans feel your shattered hearts and dreams,and cry when you cry. We see your plight and acknowledge the hardships you face. But I want you to know that our hearts go to you,and I especially want you to know that you we appreciate you. Most importantly,I want you to know that you are not alone. Your African roots are impossible to be quit of. We love you From: Your fellow African sister 💖
@queenalaska64995 жыл бұрын
Michelle Sithole shutup
@reubenvhengani14465 жыл бұрын
Queen jackson you are sick my friend..
@fortunamajor5805 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@shifit89315 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@reubenvhengani14465 жыл бұрын
When some one says to you I love you.. You must respond by either saying I love you too or thanks. Queen jackson might be divorced this one.
@DarkChococolateCreature6 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna have Kwesi's confidence all 2019!
@joehouston28336 жыл бұрын
Too dark
@1SouthernGirl086 жыл бұрын
Yes sis!!!
@NotExplicable6 жыл бұрын
😂
@jeswazwadi70496 жыл бұрын
@ darl chocolate i swear i thought kwesi was ghanean its a ghanean name & thats cool of you
@Being.PurpleStar6 жыл бұрын
@@jeswazwadi7049 *Ghanaian
@TrinityGal714 жыл бұрын
Wow! I just found out through a dna test that I'm 26 % Sierra Leonese. So hearing about the Temne, Mende and Balanta people makes me very proud. This is very interesting. Now I want to take this African Heritage test too.
@RBG1st Жыл бұрын
What test did you take?
@oreoluwas.a10395 жыл бұрын
I'm Nigerian and I knew instantly that the 'Kwesi' guy would be a Ghanian!
@e-man56544 жыл бұрын
I know Kwesi is a Ghanaian name, but you can't necessary judge it by the name. Name can be picked out from anywhere like a book. He does however look Ghanaian.
@e-man56544 жыл бұрын
@Adam OG You mad bro?
@e-man56544 жыл бұрын
@Adam OG Why? You don't have to be. Relax and enjoy yourself.
@cahawks4 жыл бұрын
Deadass, I knew Kwesi was Ghanaian even before they showed his name. He has that Ghanaian look. I feel like only africans can tell.
@Mae-bu2wu5 жыл бұрын
Kwesi name is a common name from Ghana west Africa. The Kumasi Ashanti tribe 🇬🇭😊✌🏾
@BeautyAzontoGal5 жыл бұрын
Mae 🇬🇭🇬🇭 my grandma is from the Fante tribe but I have family from the Ashanti tribe too ❤️
@Magazia15 жыл бұрын
Not only Kumasi Ashati but Akans in general
@walter19385 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought when I saw his name! He looks Ghanaian also.
@citygirl2125 жыл бұрын
Mae I am descended from the Ashanti tribe...where stolen and traded and brought over to Barbados 🇧🇧 and from Barbados to 🇸🇷 Suriname.. I am proud to know who I am directly 🇬🇭
@BeautyAzontoGal5 жыл бұрын
Mae ohh yesss ooo I’m always eating good 😂💯
@BeingMona6 жыл бұрын
Did anyone think kwesi was Ghanaian already? FYI I’m waiting on the results 😂
@amaagyare27406 жыл бұрын
Being Mona J same
@perfectlycreated286 жыл бұрын
Ditto
@sweedy33336 жыл бұрын
I honestly guessed Senegal or Sierra Leone 😂
@Faith-sr8zw6 жыл бұрын
YH HIS NAME IS KWESI and I was like what? He's confused but still waiting to find out
@pebscavelli6 жыл бұрын
FROMMMM THE MINUTE 😭 FROM HIS CONFIDENCE
@tropicalstormxox94444 жыл бұрын
AA’s and carribean history is so sad
@elisabethfanfan95604 жыл бұрын
My momma is Caribbean so is my dad i knkw the ugky truth along the one of my ansestors were molested or raped which is pary the reason why i have light skin but i never took a a dna test so idk where im really from
@FlowerTower4 жыл бұрын
Our history is not sad. You - the descendants of people who sold your own into slavery - want us to be sad. Y'all still sad to this day because instead of being defeated we have a richer culture than y'all do.
@FlowerTower4 жыл бұрын
Inconnu .d And? You don’t have a GDP cuz it all goes to France in colonial taxes. Trust me, AAs And caribbeans are doing just fine.
@YouGotOptions24 жыл бұрын
@@elisabethfanfan9560 Did you parents immigrate to the carribean? Did their parents immigrate to the carribean, dod their parents (your great grandparents) immigrate to the carribean?
@penne41073 жыл бұрын
@@FlowerTower Can you stop? Seriously, stop. As an African American, I’m not gonna let you sit over here and try to say that our culture is “richer” because you’re mad that their ancestors sold ours into slavery. That’s not what they did, it was their ancestors. And no our culture is not richer, it’s just different. There is no one African culture, there are multiple. And to not think that our history is sad, you seem to be in a whole lot of these comment thread straight up attacking Africans and their culture. Clearly this video makes you upset. Don’t watch it.
@justicetoofly6 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to do this because as sad as it is when your African American it is very rare you know your African roots. I saw a quote where it was like " African American- African without memory, and american without privilege " and although it doesn't apply to all, it was really deep for me.
@Mzmissy2156 жыл бұрын
U should go for it!
@thebridge54836 жыл бұрын
nah that quote is deep though wow when you really think about it alll
@Hypnopotimus276 жыл бұрын
What privileges don't black americans have? name one.
@elmoworld8506 жыл бұрын
One lady in the comment section said that you could find out what tribe you are from through your white ansestor. The slave masters kept detailed records of their slaves.
@Victoria_Marie6 жыл бұрын
I just heard that in another result video and I loved it
@julzeebug026 жыл бұрын
Dang who would have thought she’d say fulani because people don’t really know about us unless you were from Africa. Proud fulani girl here, speak the language and all😊🖤
@TD-gl8hr6 жыл бұрын
Guinea 🇬🇳 is one of them but they are usually from West Africa
@fateemamuhammad85926 жыл бұрын
We have them in Nigeria, Cameroon etc
@gloria91576 жыл бұрын
It’s in multiple West African countries.
@tocc6 жыл бұрын
me too! mi hofni ma.
@fatimacande58366 жыл бұрын
In Senegal 🇸🇳 and Guiné Bissau 🇬🇼as well☺️
@Jonathan-mm5zx5 жыл бұрын
This was so sad to watch just to imagine that these people and their forefathers were robbed of their identity. At least they get to know where they came from, they should visit these places to learn more.
@jpturner94525 жыл бұрын
Sucks they were sold by their own people
@TheeGoddessQUEEN5 жыл бұрын
@@jpturner9452 we were NOT sold by our own ppl. Colonizers manipulated other African tribes into petty wars in exchange for guns, money etc. Our ppl lost the fight they were never in control.
@jpturner94525 жыл бұрын
@@TheeGoddessQUEEN Um no. You were sold by your own people.
@TheeGoddessQUEEN5 жыл бұрын
@@jpturner9452 No we weren't. Do your own research & stop repeating regurgitated information idiot.
@TheeGoddessQUEEN5 жыл бұрын
@@jpturner9452 wow you're truly an uneducated twat. So even the kids were criminals & crazy. Stop making up stuff you foolish idiot & read a history book.
@paulghencea90374 жыл бұрын
"Do White People have to trace back their Family because of brutal slave trade?" *Eastern European Music Intensifies*
@daddygravely46733 жыл бұрын
To be fair American schools only teaches about black People slavery
@MrHotBagel3 жыл бұрын
As if no other race was ever enslaved, ever =\.
@justanordinarywriter65403 жыл бұрын
Plus, orphaned children and adoptees, people who's ancestors migrated from their land and aren't as close to their native countries, or don't even know what it is, etc.
@lodani83 жыл бұрын
my people were enslaved by ottomans for 500 years but no one talks about that cuz only african slavery matters
@ceced81473 жыл бұрын
@@lodani8 What are you doing here then? leave.
@TheFeather476 жыл бұрын
Knowing your ancestral history is empowering in my opinion. I didn't know they had this DNA test, that's really awesome that folks can do this and learn their family's histories beyond the nightmare of slavery. I'd love one like this for Native American tribes too. Native children were stolen from their tribes to be civilized and christianized. I knew my dad's family is native but my dna test showed I am also native on my mom's side and I'd love to know more.
@13579hee6 жыл бұрын
The sad reality is that test like this are misleading. They look at autosomal DNA and can only tell you about the DNA you carry. That means they do not look at all of your ancestors. And if they look at Y chromosomes they can only tell you about your father's father's father's father's father so many generations back and the same goes for looking at mitochondrial DNA only being able to show you your mother's mother's mother so many generations back. Given the forced migration of African people on the African continent to West Africa's Coast during the days of the transatlantic slave trade, it's virtually impossible to trace any modern-day African-American to one African tribe. And because modern-day Africa is a byproduct of its Colonial past, African Americans could not lay claim today in being descendants of any modern-day countries even if they wanted to. There was no country called Ghana or Nigeria or Senegal or the Democratic Republic of Congo or any other modern African nation when our ancestors lived on that continent
@kaam..6 жыл бұрын
@Ant Nam that's real Africans took war prisoners and enslaved them. Arabs also enslaved Africans. The transatlantic slave trade was pretty lucrative for crooked African slave traders.
@MajeDoom6 жыл бұрын
@100k Subs Without Any Videos? from what i'd gathered it seemed like when africans enslaved others it was more like indentured servitude
@viola70526 жыл бұрын
Africans enslaving each other was not the same as chattel slavery in the US. It wasn’t race-based, it was possible to buy your freedom, slaves could marry into a family etc
@SgtPlmFry6 жыл бұрын
It really is a beautiful thing for descendants of enslaved Black Americans to trace their roots. I was recently at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and remember having the same feeling I got after watching this video. As a side note, it's nice how you mentioned that you hope for a Native American DNA test in the near future without commandeering the video. You got your point across without being disrespectful to Black people by hijacking the point of this video like many commenters here did. So many people are putting the onus on Black people to fix every race's/culture's problems. Whenever Black people get something or do something, some foolish POC is like "But why don't you help us instead?" like Black people don't already help other POC to get no help in return. I wish more of those people would be like you who want to work with Black people and not have Black people work for you. 💛
@sacdiyoaden83156 жыл бұрын
I’m Somalian 🇸🇴 ....Watching this made me bit emotional but at same the time so Proud of each and every one of you for doing this ....We love ❤️ you guys and Mother Africa loves dearly..it’s time to come home even if it’s one day just to experience the Pride, Touch, and Wholesome of being African!!!!!!
@iLuvsIjaee6 жыл бұрын
@Fola Alli stfu u anti black self hater
@iLuvsIjaee6 жыл бұрын
@Fola Alli im not somali but i know you are, you're pretending not to be Somali to cause drama between Somalis and the rest of the black community, it wont work. proud black somalis are apart of the community
@iStorm-my5fp6 жыл бұрын
I don't agree with it but Somali is are homogeneous people. If you don't like us, stop trying to date us. The OP was saying positive things and you took it to a hatred turn.
@anaqed89875 жыл бұрын
@Fola Alli lol somalis don't even like somalis 🤦🏽♀️💀
@khadijag40495 жыл бұрын
WellActually exactly thank you ☺️🥰I I won’t choose other than being black Absolutely great full
@EverythingKash6 жыл бұрын
And Buzzfeed, Show Correct Images of the Places your Speaking Of!! Kwesi is From Trinidad and Tobago, Buzzfeed shows pics of Cuba?!?
@jeuellaloobie88896 жыл бұрын
Thee Fashion Freak I was hoping someone noticed this
@DB-ik8hn6 жыл бұрын
IKR...so annoying. Just Google T&T and they could get pics. All Caribbean countries are not the same.
@xtine1876 жыл бұрын
Thee Fashion Freak gasp
@sweedy33336 жыл бұрын
💀😂😂😂
@EverythingKash6 жыл бұрын
+Dionne B STRAIGHT Ignorance!
@JC-zk2bc3 жыл бұрын
So glad this is available. Ive watched too many "find your roots" that stop short of connecting people of color to Africa and/or specific peoples in Africa. This was cool & all of these buzzfeed employees that have been doing various dna tests - i find are such awesome people that i forget the reason i started watching the video haha like id just hang out & listen to them talk & be...about anything.
@mitchellmhlanga44145 жыл бұрын
Im from Zimbabwe and watching this just made me cry, African American brothers and sisters......you are in our hearts and our souls still wail for what our ancestors had to go through. Siyalithanda (We love you).
@NightMare-jb1ft5 жыл бұрын
Neighbouring country
@NightMare-jb1ft5 жыл бұрын
South Africa
@KurdeQonya4 жыл бұрын
apart from the topic... its interesting that almost all of the slaves were from west africa... so kongo zimbabwe uganda zambia tschad kenia hadnt to do with slavery... it was just westafrica as i know..
@elizabethfair70174 жыл бұрын
Many black America was here before the colonizers,they lie. We are a people ofmany nations. We put the love in humanity. We areany nation (^._.^)ノ
@lauren__24604 жыл бұрын
God bless🖤🖤
@b2h3166 жыл бұрын
Back in the late 1600s my family were slave owners in Virginia. There's not much nowadays that I can do to make up for that, but I am so so sorry to anyone who lost their cultural identity and heritage because of my ancestors.
@Obstone06 жыл бұрын
That Sunflower Babe shut up. Why would she donate money to black people just because of slavery which had nothing to do with her. She doesn’t even have to say sorry because she didn’t partake in slavery nor does she agree with slavery. You sound like someone who’s just desperate for money.
@b2h3166 жыл бұрын
@That Sunflower Babe you don't know me, you don't know my job, you don't know my philanthropy. You know literally nothing about me.
@slimchica16 жыл бұрын
Girl you are amazing!
@slimchica16 жыл бұрын
@That Sunflower Babe Girl what is your problem...you need help.
@angelprincess8186 жыл бұрын
Wow, 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@prettyparker6 жыл бұрын
"My grandfather on my mom's side always told me we were Nigerian & part Irish, but he was also a pathological liar so...." 😂😂😂
@proudamhara64915 жыл бұрын
Esh Is that Ur hair?
@prettyparker5 жыл бұрын
@@proudamhara6491 yes it is!
@urekmazino68005 жыл бұрын
Sounds Irish to me
@memkamara23505 жыл бұрын
That sounds exactly like an German and Irish 😂😂😂
@mike-su1is5 жыл бұрын
I'm igbo-Irish hopefully my grand children don't think I'm a pathological liar 😞
@kaydenpat4 жыл бұрын
This was so beautiful. I need to get a DNA test as well. I’m of Jamaican descent so I assume my roots are Ghana or Nigeria.
@vooes6 жыл бұрын
As a Uganda we love all our brothers and sister in America love from Bantu.
@jeswazwadi70496 жыл бұрын
and congo
@vidahpaz59216 жыл бұрын
What Bantu tribe from Uganda?...Asks another Bantu from Uganda😍
@vy97206 жыл бұрын
But africanamericans are usually not bantus cuz most of them have heritage from West african and there are not many bantu in West african
@jesusisjerryallahistom6 жыл бұрын
@@vy9720 originally bantu speaking people were from west-africa. documentation is there, just research
@vy97206 жыл бұрын
@@jesusisjerryallahistom no bantus are original from central (congo /Cameron) not West africa
@bluedevils20155 жыл бұрын
I've cried before because I don't know what I am. It was stolen before I even ever understood the intensity that I wanted to know who I am.
@orphfinthewizard17745 жыл бұрын
You are the chosen people of God!
@DESSxMONA.5 жыл бұрын
Im in High School and we had a conversation about our family and I go to school with a lot of latin students. When they were talking about their families and were they were from I broke down because I could not relate.
@jasminepearls10475 жыл бұрын
@Sierra go to HomeTeam history channel.
@jonaygray71375 жыл бұрын
Destiny Stevens I am so sorry to hear that i pray and hope you found out what you are looking for stay bless my beautiful queen ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👑👑👑👑💯💯💯💯
@jasminepearls10475 жыл бұрын
@@DESSxMONA.Many Latinos were enslaved also. They are a mix of cultures from indigenous peoplen whites from Spain, Germany, Italy and Portugual even France and black African slaves. They are immigrants so of course they come from somewhere else. Slavery even happened in Mexico.
@halikay6405 жыл бұрын
As a first generation American who knows exactly where they come from, I find this incredibly beautiful. All black Americans deserve this kind of information about their ancestry should they have the desire to know. And shoutout to Ryann who ended up having common ancestry with the Mende people of Sierra Leone. Welcome brother lol
@jpat9895 жыл бұрын
Hali Kay
@chessisalive45825 жыл бұрын
They might turn out wrong
@dalilamott20842 жыл бұрын
Learning that family can be traced back over 2,000 years made me tear up.
@allsmilez136 жыл бұрын
1. I loooove that she mentioned how resistant the different African groups were! History makes it seem like Africans just went on slave ships without putting up a fight! 2. I'm from Charleston, SC so as soon as she started mentioning rice farmers and the Gullah Geechee culture I knew right what she was talking about! I do believe I have ancestors from Sierra Leone.
@melissasmith67626 жыл бұрын
She should also mention how Africans sold slaves to whites.
@trendeous40706 жыл бұрын
@@melissasmith6762 more slaves were forcefully captured and besides it's not like those who stayed in Africa were not enslaved,all our ancestors were enslaved but the only difference is,those enslaved in Africa were not deprived of their identity.
@melissasmith67626 жыл бұрын
@@trendeous4070 Yeah, forcefully captured. By Africans. You don't think it isn't a bit crummy that I didn't find that out until recent, because it violates the evil white guy narrative?
@zenarashid44226 жыл бұрын
I'm glad she mentioned it. Africans suffered back home too. I encourage people to read books (eg African Writers Series) It will be eye-opening
@seismicvertigo3456 жыл бұрын
@@melissasmith6762 At whose beckon and call? Germans also killed Russians under Hitler's ideology and those weren't world wars, they were EUROPEAN wars
@Abbienaija165 жыл бұрын
Isn't it obvious that this Kwesi guy is Ghanaian thoughhhh? He even looks like he's from Ghana lol
@sister75595 жыл бұрын
Exactly his name is Kwesi and looks like he came straight from Ghana
@kristalfisher73045 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one when I first saw him I was like "I bet he's from Ghana" I don't even know why I thought that
@gabbye.53145 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thoughts! Kwesi is a Ghanaian name
@patiencekuma25745 жыл бұрын
Every Ghanaian boy child born on Sunday is Kwesi Monday - kwadjo Tuesday - kwabena Wednesday - kwaku Thursday - Yaw Friday - Kofi Saturday - kwame
@Melb3215 жыл бұрын
Abbienaija he wasn’t from Ghana... dumbie
@MondragonChiropractic5 жыл бұрын
Very emotional. Beautiful. Thank you.
@africanforward44114 жыл бұрын
Hello please when will you come to ghana
@deqagalaal16693 жыл бұрын
Why are you here tho this shouldn’t even concern you
@raphrobe-98963 жыл бұрын
@@deqagalaal1669 Yo chill sis, not all white people are racist and just coz they hate us doesn't mean they gon enslave us again 😭😂😂😂
@ehisbuilds61753 жыл бұрын
@@deqagalaal1669 girl calm down she has the right to watch what she wants she can be here if she wants
@lenoralol99623 жыл бұрын
@GhostGirl Tears who knows and that shouldn’t be any of your business.
@warzonenature33704 жыл бұрын
The name “Kwesi” is a Ghanaian name, meaning a person born on Sunday
@hrhprincessfifymo90374 жыл бұрын
True, my partner is from Ghana 🇬🇭 and his name is Kwesi, oh and I'm from South African 🇿🇦
@lshardy1up6 жыл бұрын
I like this but question... who was NOT resistant to slavery? 🤣 that's kinda the point of being a slave didn't nobody volunteer
@sekhmet20116 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@Ferrist16 жыл бұрын
I think she means they weren't as heavily captured because they had good fighting and survival skills. A lot of tribes brought over didn't even eat meat. Many were nonviolent passive tribes.
@mimikamanda43466 жыл бұрын
Hi! so I live in Kenya and as part of our education we learn about colonization around some parts of Africa and among different tribes specifically (obviously not all but among the three major groups the Nilotes, Cushites and the Bantu). There were some communities in Africa who were assimilated (i.e their colonizers tried to mix or integrate their culture with Africans) other tribes were offered gifts and even bribed is exchange for their people being sold into slavery while others were tricked into thinking their land and other possessions which were grabbed would be given back to them if they agreed to side with their colonizers. Basically not all African countries and/or tribes resisted it really really varied. Personally those are only examples from East and Central Africa
@marov79336 жыл бұрын
some people are more rebellious in history than others like the Berbers it has hard to enslave them ..they have rebellious personalities also.. free mentality
@LadyOya-dc6 жыл бұрын
The ones who were convinced by religion. They were tricked by thinking they were there as friends then converted to Christ.
@eg4615 жыл бұрын
Being Dominican we have African roots& I couldn’t be more proud to be Yoruba
@sea75445 жыл бұрын
that's Nigerian, i'm Nigerian...how you doing sister
@KingLeonidus0075 жыл бұрын
Oh so you're the people of the bible too.👌👌
@Itsclaireasday5 жыл бұрын
Eyyyyy ma Yoruba sis! Love you x
@Itsclaireasday5 жыл бұрын
@@goodnessmirikwe6595 Be gone with your tribalistic ways... ya'll so annoying asf
@Itsclaireasday5 жыл бұрын
@@goodnessmirikwe6595 stop lying. If anyone oppresses the igbos it is the Hausa Fulani people and you should know this. Leave the rest of us out of your grievances and stop bringing your negativity here.
@LadyK0075 жыл бұрын
I AM PROUDLY IGBO!! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬so glad these individuals are starting to discover their ancestral roots!
@ngoziroot23535 жыл бұрын
@Jared Ford congrats brother, if you want to know more about your people kindly reply me, then I will help to put you through. Peace!!!
@michaeluche86915 жыл бұрын
Yesssss. You're family 💙
@alterego81245 жыл бұрын
IGBO KWENU
@sulaimaanahmad5 жыл бұрын
i'm yoruba... we're country men! i'm actually of nigerian and ghanaian background.🇳🇬🇬🇭
@osagiejoy85715 жыл бұрын
I'm from edo state
@ngalahansel60663 жыл бұрын
I'm a Cameroonian and while I'm not Fulani, it was kind of cool to hear her mention a group I know
@moniqueflorez19746 жыл бұрын
im mexican american but im glad they found out what tribes they come from. that must be so exciting and liberating to know where your FROM FROM as some people like to ask people of color
@coughpillbox7486 жыл бұрын
Lol everybody asks everybody where they are from. It isn't a question just for poc
@moniqueflorez19746 жыл бұрын
cough pillbox I was meaning for people who looked mixed. Like Afro Latinos or someone else mixed raced. Or someone who has a headscarf and looks like from another country than where the religion is mainly practiced cause it isn’t just about skin tone. I’m assuming from your statement your white. Don’t mean it in a rude way. But I don’t think you have gotten the question where are you from from. Like if you were to ask my cousin who is mixed and he tells you he’s from New York some people go deeper and ask no like where are you from from assuming he’s not American because he’s not white. Get it?
@nicorealizt5056 жыл бұрын
@@moniqueflorez1974 americans arent white. They are indian. White people ONLY come from europe.
@moniqueflorez19746 жыл бұрын
Joanna Hayles I’m not even ganna attempt to understand this answer since it’s filled with idiocy. Do you mean Native Americans?
@ladygrace75856 жыл бұрын
@@moniqueflorez1974 the "where are you from" question is always so difficult to answer because we're all extremely mixed from colonization. Mexican-Americans represent 🇲🇽
@ayosia71395 жыл бұрын
It really hurts me that these people had their whole being stolen from them and a whole new one pushed upon them. I was born and bred in Africa so I have no problem retracing my roots but this is really unfair that they don't even know where their from💔
@thabilesempe92645 жыл бұрын
Dude ethnicity is one of the most important things in Africa it's so sad😭
@elijahbeach38345 жыл бұрын
They know were there from they told us . I don’t know were I’m from but i don’t really care because I’m blessed to be in a country were I’m allowed to do things that I want
@elijahbeach38345 жыл бұрын
Justin Walker no it’s the African kings and Muslims who sold them to Europeans
@mariahcraig72985 жыл бұрын
@z man if you buy a human being, you are just as bad if not worse than the one selling the human. Where there is demand, desperate people will meet that demand. Imagine purchasing a human in today's world and trying to justify it by saying you bought the human from their own family so the blame is really on them. Anyone buying or selling humans is scum.
@mariahcraig72985 жыл бұрын
@z man You think "white christians" aren't still involved in slave trade? Sadly the slave trade still exists all over and is commited by all sorts of people. And all sorts of people are sold.
@waynejohnson96365 жыл бұрын
this was so hurtful to watch can't believe africans identity were stripped away smh
@tjyvng51305 жыл бұрын
This is my fuckin land right here aka Turtle Island copper colored races black people are the real Native American of this land
@tjyvng51305 жыл бұрын
Not all us didn't come on a ship called Jesus
@nitatohbi95965 жыл бұрын
native americans in us. can relate too. ceremonies were even illegal for 100 yeats
@tjyvng80145 жыл бұрын
@@tjyvng5130 you see how these motherfua just keep skipping over your post I Know they see it shh Truth do hurts
@tjyvng80145 жыл бұрын
@@tjyvng5130 alot of these motherfua knows who we are we been here
@nottodaysatan1014 жыл бұрын
I’m impressed with this host! The way she explains stuff.
@jonesnj076 жыл бұрын
*please make a video series of these 3 going to their ancestral african country / region and learning about their history / culture.* *if you can send Ryan and shane overseas for food, you can certainly do this for these guys*
@hopscotch396 жыл бұрын
Good suggestion
@BeckiiCruelFan6 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@sekhmet20116 жыл бұрын
@Mø Nälayé I'm sure Buzzfeed can fork over the $2k each it costs to send these people to one of their ancestral countries.
@RandomxEmpress6 жыл бұрын
I hope they do this for them
@niyahpia6 жыл бұрын
Yes🙌🏽
@kennedynelson48705 жыл бұрын
I was straight turning up with a man swabbing his mouth🤦🏼♀️😂
@derp26626 жыл бұрын
Yooo why is no one addressing the fact that Kwesi is absolutely hilarious? He has such a great personality!
@PinkTipzByTutt6 жыл бұрын
Derpatron731 yeeeeeees because I CRIED when he did his swab dance 😂😂😂😂😂
@journeybeyondthesea6 жыл бұрын
Derpatron731 Fr 😂😂
@journeybeyondthesea6 жыл бұрын
TuTTIEda10 sameeeee
@abeiku.M6 жыл бұрын
Then He is a Ghanaian and a Fanti for sure
@mwangikimani30594 жыл бұрын
They lost everything, really SAD bt, out hre @ home "AFRICA" you always welcome back in any sub-saharan country cz we are ONE as africans, shout outs from KENYA 🇰🇪
@Mrk3lly5 жыл бұрын
This is so sad. Look at the extreme measure that we have to go through just to figure out who we are.
@blairrobert34385 жыл бұрын
Yeah and you can blame Black African Slavers for selling you in the first place instead of hating White people. What happened to black people being sold into slavery was a tragedy but I wish people would learn the real history.
@RY-os9vw5 жыл бұрын
Blair Robert Umm, you are being disingenuous. Europeans and specific African tribes were complicit in the Transatlantic slave trade. Just stop trying to edit history.
@lorduvaltv2745 жыл бұрын
"extreme" lol relax
@teemoon53715 жыл бұрын
@@blairrobert3438 You mean like the African Queens going to war with the Europeans... not other Africans... during that era. Those queens whooped yall white butts too. That's why it was majority West Africans DNA because you lost against a lot of other Africans and you did steal a lot of slaves. From the other tribes.
@teemoon53715 жыл бұрын
@@blairrobert3438 You need to learn African History to avoid embarrassing yourself like you just did.
@alexelsie56056 жыл бұрын
Honestly, watching this as an African (Kenyan) is both interesting and sad. I'll admit that sometimes we Africans tend to take this knowledge (of our background and heritage) for granted because we grow up grounded in our roots; we know our tribes, we know our nationalities and our national languages and tribal languages (a.k.a mother tongue). A lot of us (Africans) are very secure in our identities because of this. I couldn't imagine growing up not knowing where my folks are from, not knowing what tribe I'm from. Kenya is such a beautiful country with an average of 43 tribes and 68 spoken languages, it is rich in history and culture and yeah, we have our problems but I'm proud to be African, I am proud to be Kenyan and I'm proud to be a Kenyan who comes from three different tribes (I'm a product of a "mixed marriage" a.k.a a multi-tribal marriage). I honestly can't imagine growing up African American and not being able to pin-point something as fundamental as the COUNTRY my ancestors were from for more than three generations. It's just really sad. I really hope more African Americans are provided with the opportunity to do this and trace their roots back home. Much love from Kenya
@nmt60765 жыл бұрын
Alex Elsie you’re absolutely right!!
@ulfricstorrmcloak1605 жыл бұрын
Your English is pretty good
@alexkimani3785 жыл бұрын
Tebu waambie 😂😂
@alexkimani3785 жыл бұрын
Ulfric StorrmCloak we Kenyans pride in that we are exceptionally intelligent people btw
@Bonzi_Buddy5 жыл бұрын
Kenya is a shithole.
@alxcal-southside87625 жыл бұрын
11:19 when she says "Balanta" in Setswana, the tribes name roughly translates to "Ba lwa ntwa"....means to quarrel or resist....all Africans are truly connected....God bless Africa
@phodisophatshwane37115 жыл бұрын
Yo ke Motswana yo. Molwantwa ko Sikwane.
@nonoseobakeng14245 жыл бұрын
Ke nnete (That's true) 🇧🇼
@yaruqadishi83265 жыл бұрын
God Shango Orisas All High Bless. Áse Black Power
@aminaabdul76894 жыл бұрын
My great great grand father moved from the coast of East Africa to the center of East African cause he feared slavery. He was running for his life poor man, may he find peace in heaven
@Noooomihj6 жыл бұрын
The name Kwesi - is Kwasi a boy born on Sunday in Ghana 🇬🇭 West Africa.
@chatng6 жыл бұрын
any one can be named kwesi . . its a global world
@jewellelisborn33586 жыл бұрын
Not anyone dear, kwesi is a name given to guys born on Sunday only in Ghana
@giftyakowuah26286 жыл бұрын
@@jewellelisborn3358 unless you were named after someone but then is a first name for a male born on Sunday. You must be a Ghanaian to have that name. I am Abena . A female born on Tuesday. Ghanaian traditional names are unique.
@tanishalavri32786 жыл бұрын
not only in ghana. in ivory coast it's Kouassi.
@Michelle-fz4px6 жыл бұрын
Harriet I said the same thing... I'm Nigerian and we're technically country neighbor (hahahaha) so immediately I heard the name, I just said "he's Ghanaian".. was surprised about the results... But I also think it could be that they use the name for African roots connection. There are African-Americans I know that bear Amara(an ibo name in Nigeria) and they're given the name like it's a regular English name but it's actually a tribal name but they do not know. It's sad to not have an identity.. I'm glad they're doing this.
@cornelia86166 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the fact that I was born in Africa and that I have extensive knowledge of my country and who we are. I used to hate admitting that I was Nigerian but now that I’m older, I wear it on my chest 😂
@cornelia86166 жыл бұрын
Michael Jordan damn, imagine having ignorance of this degree. Even if you’re just joking, not really the time or place 😂.
@charliehmmm94006 жыл бұрын
Ummmm we have extensive knowledge and know who we are too. TF?
@kerenoparaugo67246 жыл бұрын
Michael Jordan I found the racist!!!
@saakmalo82736 жыл бұрын
@@charliehmmm9400 who said you didn't lol
@natashaa78796 жыл бұрын
Cornelia Eboh hi I’m 🇬🇭
@beanfresh095 жыл бұрын
It hurts to only be to identify as “Black” don’t get me wrong but imagine if we african americans knew our true background. Seeing how proud people are to rep their flags I always feel i’m on the outside
@iammilorex5 жыл бұрын
Tribalism has its own problems too. In countries where there are mostly black people, tribalism can often replace racism (Thanks Colonialism). Like in a lot of African countries, identifying as black means nothing, 'cause we're all black, but we're not all the same tribe, so that takes precedence.
@ebonymay79065 жыл бұрын
Well at least I’m black lol I feel so proud to be black out african American culture and history our accomplishments like we are so dope I see other race groups wishing they were even half black and I’m like lol sorry bro we too cool but I deff feel u I wish I had a flag to represent us I feel lost as well not knowing exactly where my roots come from
@El-RaShahzad5 жыл бұрын
Black is just a general term of all the African Diaspora and due to the Europeans not caring nor keeping proper records and many Europeans destroying their familial ways of knowledge by slavery
@princeofdreams55265 жыл бұрын
Hmm, Have you read the Holy Bible?
@El-RaShahzad5 жыл бұрын
Son Of Judah Absolam No blacks did not come from Israel, yes the Hebrews were a mixed group( Africans and Semitics), humans originate in East Africa, and a lot black people have diverse ancestry
@pniccia3211 Жыл бұрын
I’m Filipino, I relate to them being stripped away of your culture and freedom. As a Filipino who’s country is been conquered by the Spain, Japan and America. Our now culture is based and mixed on those countries. Like our last names are spanish, our religion are spanish, Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men. But the spaniards introduced Patriarchy. And they called us “Negritos” because we are dark It makes me think about what is our real culture before we were conquered. To all my African Americans brothers and sisters. My respect to you. I pray that you can all know your ancestry so that you can get in touch with your roots ❤ Its fun learning about world history but its also eye opening and saddening that its so brutal. As cliche as it sounds, I pray that we can have world peace in this 20th century.
@katjean72705 жыл бұрын
this made me cry ughh so beautiful. She's right. Y'all were the 1st victims of identity theft. That's so so sad, u guys deserve so much. I'm glad this lady can give some of it back 2 u.
@alextroy92025 жыл бұрын
Kat Jean take your pity elsewhere
@katjean72705 жыл бұрын
@@alextroy9202 take that bad attitude elsewhere n leave it there
@miahughes91225 жыл бұрын
i appreciate your nice words. far better than racism
@katjean72705 жыл бұрын
@@miahughes9122 Thank u Xxxx .. well, u kno it was not my intention to really express pity.. it's more to express joy in justice... reclaiming what is so rightfully yours.
@willchen94265 жыл бұрын
Socialists playing the victim once again.
@mollyslife71266 жыл бұрын
Am Kenyan my tribe is Kikuyu married to a Nigerian man Esan by tribe. Now that we have a 2 yrs old girl and we live in Finland. We are sure going to tell her about her roots and we will make sure she can travel oftenly so she can be informed about her ancestral home.
@gatlinggun89145 жыл бұрын
Disgusting we don't want tainted blood.
@ugynmusic1415 жыл бұрын
Esan people are very conservative and traditional.
@nadind91695 жыл бұрын
Fellow Finn back here! It's a hard life for a colored lady in here, but I'm sure your daughter will grow up to be a beautiful and strong woman :)
@ebosetaleugba75955 жыл бұрын
Hey, half-Esan here. Bode aye! My name Ebosetale in the Esan language means ‘as God has proclaimed’
@susantrovah40445 жыл бұрын
Molly's life, am a Kenyan too, a Kikuyu too. Am so happy about our roots and tradition. About how we came from Gikuyu and Mumbi, the Mugumo tree, the nine daughters of Mumbi. OMG its so nice.
@miss_anthrope51985 жыл бұрын
I'm a Cameroonian🇨🇲🇨🇲. I just want to say we lovvvve you guys our African-American brothers and sisters, distance would never be a barrier to the love we feel for you❣️
@michellesingleton83445 жыл бұрын
I love you too💞💞
@gladitsnotme5 жыл бұрын
All this afro love is making me cry. WE ARE ONE! AFRICA FOREVER!
@sharronking5 жыл бұрын
I love you too!!!
@vexillonerd5 жыл бұрын
@@gladitsnotme no, africa isthe worst ever in everything
@mirabel28345 жыл бұрын
Mb Doxa I am also From Cameroon 🇨🇲
@tribal_26924 жыл бұрын
"i'm from Kansas city, Kansas.........or at least that's where the colonizers brought me" thats going to be my senior quote
@christinecalhon4724 жыл бұрын
I'm an African-American with 98% West African DNA. I'm from Savannah, Georgia and most of us here has a high percentage of West African DNA from various West African countries. ❤
@MsObsidianReloaded4 жыл бұрын
My ancestry on my father's side go back to Statesboro, GA
@avalonsignoraalmas61504 жыл бұрын
I’m from Madison, Georgia, but idk my ancestry. I really wanna look into it.
@has8924 жыл бұрын
Proud Gullah- geechee
@TC-ot8oq4 жыл бұрын
I'm from Georgia too. I want to take a DNA test to find out what part of West African my ancestors came from.
@TC-ot8oq4 жыл бұрын
@@avalonsignoraalmas6150 I'm from Jones County( Gray, GA) and I definitely want to find out too. Maybe learning these results when give me more meaning and pride that I need in my life.